Speakeasy

Early stage startups are diamonds in the rough and an acquisition is every entrepreneur’s dream. Atlanta is a popular startup hub because it is no stranger to acquisitions, mergers, IPOs and exits. Additionally, Atlanta has fostered several startups resulting in billion-dollar exits with AirWatch being the most recent.

With more startups emerging and exiting, investors are shifting their attention to Atlanta. To assist their search, Atlanta Business Chronicle compiled a list of the most promising startups, considered to be the most valuable, which include:

AutoTrader

IngeniousMed

Purchasing Power

Cardlytics

IonicSecurity

Salesfusion

Clearleap

Kabbage

ShareCare

CloudSherpas

Mailchimp

Silverpop

Damballa

News Distribution Network

SoloHealth

eFolder

Paymetric

Suniva

Endgame

Pindrop Security

The Rainmaker Group

Endochoice

PlaOn Sports

Vendormate

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Atlanta is carefully expanding to foster startups that could be as disruptive as AirWatch, MindSpring and WebMD, and exit with billion-dollar offers.